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He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, having reduced them to ashes, having set an example of what is coming on the ungodly; <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example of what is coming for the ungodly; <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly thereafter; <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is coming to the ungodly; <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to ruin, making them an example to those who were going to be ungodly; <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin. <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes. He made those cities an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, destroying them with fire, and made them an example of what will happen to the godless. <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them; <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those that afterwards should live ungodly lives. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example to people who might in future be living godless lives. <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and having turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned with an overthrow, having set [them as] an example to those about to be impious, <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, having reduced them to ashes, having set an example of what is coming on the ungodly; <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set them; <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha having reduced to ashes, condemned with a catastrophe, a pattern set to them about to act irreligiously;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemning them to be overthrown, setting them as an example to anyone who might act impiously. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah [to destruction], reducing them to ashes, making them an example for the godless [people] of what is coming; <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And set afire the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them with an upheaval, making them an example to those who hereafter should live ungodly; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And when he burned the cities of Sadom and Amorah and condemned them in an overthrow, when he set an example to the wicked who were to come,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and if, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, he condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who should afterward live in an ungodly manner, <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and having destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, with a catastrophe he condemned them, having put them forth as an example to those about to be ungodly: <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned them to final destruction, making them an example for all who in future should live ungodly; <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> since he condemn'd the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to an entire subversion, and reduc'd them to ashes, to make them serve for examples to future impiety: <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example to people who might in future be living godless lives. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly; <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those that should afterwards be impious; <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=272" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; 6<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">if</a> <a href="/greek/2632.htm" title="2632: katekrinen (V-AIA-3S) -- To condemn, judge worthy of punishment. From kata and krino; to judge against, i.e. Sentence.">He condemned</a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: poleis (N-AFP) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">the cities</a> <a href="/greek/4670.htm" title="4670: Sodomōn (N-GNP) -- Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine.">of Sodom</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1116.htm" title="1116: Gomorras (N-GFS) -- Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Gomorrha, a place near the Dead Sea.">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/greek/2692.htm" title="2692: katastrophē (N-DFS) -- Overthrow, destruction, material or spiritual. From katastrepho; an overturn, i.e. Demolition; figuratively, apostasy.">to destruction,</a> <a href="/greek/5077.htm" title="5077: tephrōsas (V-APA-NMS) -- To reduce to ashes, consume, destroy. From tephra; to incinerate, i.e. Consume.">reducing them to ashes</a> <a href="/greek/5087.htm" title="5087: tetheikōs (V-RPA-NMS) -- To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.">as</a> <a href="/greek/5262.htm" title="5262: hypodeigma (N-ANS) -- (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning.">an example</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellontōn (V-PPA-GNP) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">of what is coming on</a> <a href="/greek/765.htm" title="765: asebesin (Adj-DMP) -- Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked.">the ungodly;</a> 7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a> Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground. <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a> In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Luke 17:28-30</a> It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a> Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a> Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. <a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. <a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40</a> As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. <a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a> “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a> The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her. <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a> Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a> And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample to those that after should live ungodly;turning.<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24,25,28</a> Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; … <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:<a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a> And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.making.<a href="/numbers/26-10.htm">Numbers 26:10</a> And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.<a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:<a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a> Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/12-17.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/acts/26-11.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/james/5-9.htm">Condemned</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/titus/2-7.htm">Ensample</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">Example</a> <a href="/job/31-29.htm">Extinction</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-2.htm">Future</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Gomorrha</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-18.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Live</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-3.htm">Making</a> <a href="/titus/1-11.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-27.htm">Reduced</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-11.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/james/1-17.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/genesis/18-27.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/numbers/35-31.htm">Condemned</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">Ensample</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">Example</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Extinction</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">Future</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Gomorrha</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">Impious</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">Live</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/genesis/19-21.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/genesis/47-21.htm">Reduced</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">Ungodly</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These cities were infamous for their grave sins, particularly sexual immorality and pride (<a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a>). The destruction serves as a historical example of God's righteous judgment against sin. Archaeological evidence suggests that these cities were located near the Dead Sea, and their destruction by fire and brimstone aligns with the biblical account. This event underscores the seriousness with which God views sin and His willingness to act decisively against it.reducing them to ashes The imagery of reducing to ashes signifies total destruction and serves as a powerful symbol of God's wrath. In the ancient world, fire was often used as a means of purification and judgment. The complete obliteration of Sodom and Gomorrah left no trace of their former existence, emphasizing the finality of divine judgment. This phrase also connects to other biblical instances where fire is used as a tool of judgment, such as in the destruction of Nadab and Abihu (<a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>) and the future judgment described in <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Revelation 20:9-10</a>.as an example of what is coming on the ungodly The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah serves as a warning to future generations about the consequences of ungodliness. This phrase highlights the didactic purpose of the event, illustrating that God's judgment is not limited to the past but is a reality for the future. The New Testament frequently uses this event as a cautionary tale (<a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>), reminding believers of the certainty of divine retribution for those who reject God's ways. It also points to the eschatological judgment that awaits the ungodly, as described in passages like <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a> and <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a> Ancient cities known for their wickedness and immorality. Their destruction by God serves as a historical example of divine judgment against sin. 2. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, writing to warn believers about false teachers and to remind them of God's righteous judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_ungodly.htm">The Ungodly</a> Refers to those who live in opposition to God's will, often characterized by immorality and rebellion against divine authority. 4. <a href="/topical/d/destruction.htm">Destruction</a> The act of God bringing judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah, turning them to ashes as a warning to future generations. 5. <a href="/topical/e/example.htm">Example</a> The destruction serves as a cautionary tale for those who choose to live ungodly lives, illustrating the certainty of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a> God's judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah is a historical fact that underscores the certainty of His future judgment on the ungodly. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ungodliness.htm">The Consequences of Ungodliness</a> The destruction of these cities serves as a stark reminder of the severe consequences of living in opposition to God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_living.htm">The Importance of Righteous Living</a> Believers are called to live righteously, avoiding the sins that led to the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God is just in His judgment, He is also merciful, as seen in the rescue of Lot. Believers can trust in God's righteous character. <a href="/topical/w/warning_against_false_teachers.htm">Warning Against False Teachers</a> Peter's warning about false teachers is linked to the example of Sodom and Gomorrah, emphasizing the need for discernment and adherence to truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_verify_sodom's_destruction.htm">2 Peter 2:6 mentions Sodom and Gomorrah’s destruction; do historical or archaeological findings verify this account? </a> <a href="/q/why_were_sodom_and_gomorrah_destroyed.htm">What is the meaning of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_sodom's_fiery_end.htm">How can we reconcile the sulfur and fire destruction of Sodom (Genesis 19:24) with natural explanations or lack of archaeological evidence? </a> <a href="/q/is_genesis_19_divine_judgment_factual.htm">Does any historical or geological data support such total annihilation by divine judgment (Genesis 19), or is it purely a religious narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) And turning. . . .--The construction still depends upon the "if" in <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm" title="For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;">2Peter 2:4</a>. (See Note on <a href="/jude/1-7.htm" title="Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.">Jude 1:7</a>.)Condemned them with an overthrow.--Or, perhaps, to an overthrow, like "condemn to death" in <a href="/matthew/20-18.htm" title="Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,">Matthew 20:18</a>. The very word here used for "overthrow"--catastrophe--is used by the LXX. of the overthrow of these cities (<a href="/genesis/19-29.htm" title="And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelled.">Genesis 19:29</a>); in the New Testament it occurs in <a href="/2_timothy/2-4.htm" title="No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.">2Timothy 2:4</a> only. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow. The striking word τεφρώσας, turning into ashes, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament; and the word for "overthrow" (καταστροφή) only in <a href="/2_timothy/2-14.htm">2 Timothy 2:14</a>. It is used in the Septuagint Version of <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Genesis 19:29</a> of this same judgment. Perhaps "to an overthrow" is a better translation (comp. <a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-29</a>; <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>). Making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; rather, having made. The example is to be a lasting warning; literally, an example of those that should live ungodly; i.e., an example of their punishment, their end. In this verse the Vatican Manuscript omits "with an overthrow," and reads "an example of things to come unto the ungodly." <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[if] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. He condemned κατέκρινεν (katekrinen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2632.htm">Strong's 2632: </a> To condemn, judge worthy of punishment. From kata and krino; to judge against, i.e. Sentence. [the] cities πόλεις (poleis) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. of Sodom Σοδόμων (Sodomōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's 4670: </a> Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Gomorrah Γομόρρας (Gomorras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Gomorrha, a place near the Dead Sea. to destruction, καταστροφῇ (katastrophē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2692.htm">Strong's 2692: </a> Overthrow, destruction, material or spiritual. From katastrepho; an overturn, i.e. Demolition; figuratively, apostasy. reducing [them] to ashes τεφρώσας (tephrōsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5077.htm">Strong's 5077: </a> To reduce to ashes, consume, destroy. From tephra; to incinerate, i.e. Consume. [as] τεθεικώς (tetheikōs) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5087.htm">Strong's 5087: </a> To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. an example ὑπόδειγμα (hypodeigma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning. of what is coming on μελλόντων (mellontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. the ungodly; ἀσεβέσιν (asebesin) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_765.htm">Strong's 765: </a> Impious, ungodly, wicked. 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